Instead, current and former tenants of the Queens buildings told the AP that they were subjected to extensive construction, with banging, drilling, dust and leaking water that they believe were part of targeted harassment to get them to leave and clear the way for higher-paying renters.

Par for the course in New York City, sadly.

In Kushner buildings across the city, records show frequent complaints about construction going on early in the morning or late at night against the rules, improper or illegal construction, and work without a permit.

In my last building, I reported work without a permit and it didn't get inspected for 10 months! And the inspector had the nerve to write that he didn't see any construction well after the gut reno was done and over with and there were new people living in the apartment.

I know this is an article about Kushner, but he was just doing what all these shady landlords do. How are they allowed to get away with this? Why can the city cross reference construction application with building/housing data to see if a building is rent controlled? It is 2018.
Why is our buildings department so terrible at keeping track of this shit?

Yeah I hear this story too many times. Either investigating slumlords is a low priority, or the city housing authority is perpetually short staffed. No excuse for having residents in this situation and waiting months for investigators to show up.

Are you seriously saying that it could be argued that Russia possibly interfering in an election is equivalent to multiple buildings being brought down, killing a few thousand people and causing mass trauma, as well as ushering in homeland security and encouraging the invasion of multiple Arab countries under false pretenses? Holy shit that's ignorant

Edit - the fact that this is getting downvoted is hilariously retarded. Buncha delusional morons

Don't get me wrong - 9/11 was a terrible event. But free and fair elections are the backbone of democracy. A foreign attack to disrupt that process, install different leadership, and sow discord affects the lives of everyone in the country.

If you're consistently getting killed from those kinds of distances then you're probably getting killed by aimbots. Miramar is more conducive to long range fights, but it's been my experience that unless you're standing perfectly still most people simply aren't that accurate at range.

Cancerous melanoma did not become severe until we started using sunscreens. They block the creation of vitamin D. I do not doubt that sun causes skin damage, but cancer was not as big a problem until we started using sunscreens. We need to develop different sunscreens that will not stop the production of vitamin D. I know that this will get voted down but there have been studies of this. At one point vitamin a was in sunscreens but it was found that it was photoreactive and caused cancer, so it was removed. We need the sun. Our bodies do good things when in it. Sunscreens block something we need and more research should be done on it.

I see what you're saying. I want to play Erangel and Miramar as they were meant to be played - the problem is that I'm not good at shooting, so if I exercise sound decision-making and movement for 20 minutes, I still die in the first fight I take, and it's difficult to improve that aspect of my game without hot dropping over and over. Ideally, I would be able to dip into a small, combat-oriented map to get my fill of shooting and conflict, and then I could go into the big maps to play out a big, tactical campaign. But as you say, what if people start playing the small map and just never go back to the big maps? Do you think there wouldn't be enough desire to play the bigger, slower experience? For me personally, I think I would still like to play them - I like the survival aspect, the hunting and tracking experience, the moving across the terrain. If there are enough players to support both experiences, we would be golden. But if one mode sucks the life out of the other mode, then some folks won't get what they want.

This exactly. It isn't neccessary but most people aren't aware of the desktop UI's ability to access the General Controller Settings, Base Configs, or SICS. To the majority of people who know about the SC, it's tied to BPM. Unfortunately, most reviewers fall into this category as well.